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Decade of most recent 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ≥ 4.5% of population
estimate (≥ 100 pairs)
Site Maximum breeding pairs observed
Crawford Kemper Crawford Most Year of % of sum
Site et al. et al. et al. This This recent most of most
1982 2007 2012 study study estimate recent recent
(pairs) estimate estimates
1977-81 1995- 2008-12 2013- 2018-
2006 17 22
Bird Island, Lambert's
Bay 34 11 83 117 95 81 2021 3.69
Groot Paternoster 1 15 15 2016 0.68
islands
Steenbras Bay rocks 19 27 27 2012 1.23
Columbine rocks 11 37 35 37 37 2018 1.69
Voeleiland, Noordwes 0 0 0 0 2019 0.00
Bay
Malgas Island 84 128 173 100 75 33 2022 1.50
Marcus Island 30 39 44 0 0 0 2022 0.00
Saldanha Harbour 7 46 11 9 2022 0.41
Jutten Island 22 87 90 20 13 13 2022 0.59
Meeuw Island 58 112 259 174 146 146 2022 6.65
Schaapen Island 197 196 253 187 80 8 2022 0.36
Klein Vondeling 8 8 2022 0.36
Vondeling Island 47 83 44 42 29 27 2022 1.23
Caspian Island 43 41 25 16 0 2020 0.00
Dassen Island 175 319 243 441 324 306 2020 13.94
Skulpbaai rock 0 0 2012 0.00
Koeberg Power Station 26 47 29 23 2022 1.05
Robben Island 86 99 80 156 130 116 2022 5.28
Roman Rock 12 12 2010 0.55
Wolfgat Nature 0 0 0 2019 0.00
Reserve
Strand Caravan park 0 0 0 2019 0.00
Cape Hangklip rocks 45 3 7 6 0 2020 0.00
Maasbaai rock 6 0 0 0 0 2019 0.00
Stony Point, Betty's
Bay 26 35 86 15 2022 0.68
Preekstoel 2 0 0 0 0 2019 0.00
Danger Point abalone 96 0 0 2019 0.00
farm
Seal Rock, Franskraal 27 0 0 0 0 2019 0.00
Dyer Island 238 210 177 140 114 104 2022 4.74
Geyser Island 1 0 0 0 0 2020 0.00
Quoin Rock 0 0 0 0 2019 0.00
Aasfontein 35 0 0 0 2018 0.00
Meisho Maru wreck 5 1985 0.23
Waenhuis Krans 33 10 8 2015 0.36
Tsitsikamma No 12
stack 0 0 0 2019 0.00
Total Namibia 977 1018 774 1167 910 41.46
Total South Africa 1688 1327 1908 1974 1490 1285 58.54
Total overall 2665 2345 2748 2657 2195 100.00
Important breeding sites (most recent estimate ≥ 100 pairs) 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010/20s
% sum of most recent estimates from different decades 0.23 0.23 1.87 14.53 83.14

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